Synful Soup!!!

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Hi guys,
Sorry for so many off topic threads of late - but just thought I'd share.
Most you of you probably know this (wish I had!) anyway, but just incases!!

So for the past month or so I've been having soup for my lunch at work (when I haven't had any salad/pasta or the time to make my own) and I THOUGHT, thanks to the calorie/fat content that they were relatively okay.
Just got a message back from my consultant - 10 and a half per syn!!

Gutted!!
Haven't been so shocked since I found out the value for a muller rice

Anyway, just sharing. Good luck with your weigh ins, have a great weekend x

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I can understand high syns in a soup that is predominantly made from processed chemicals, synthetic flavours and thickeners etc, but for the fresh soups you can buy the syns seem disproportionatly high for the ingredients that they have.

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Someone bought me the New Covent Garden Soup recipe book (well they bought one, I have since bought more!), and their recipes are so delicious, simple and mostly syn free. Even the creamy soups only have a very small amount of cream, which divided up between the servings, means it's only a syn or so for each person.

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I had celery and apple soup at a cafe a while ago, so I have tried to recreate it. I have fried chopped onion, carrot, apple, celery and celeriac in Frylight, then added chicken stock and seasoning and simmered for an hour. Tomorrow I will liquidise it and reheat it for my lunch.